7221794239 | Pathos | Appeal to beliefs and feelings | 0 | |
7221799199 | Logos | Appeal to logical reasoning and facts | 1 | |
7221799925 | Ethos | Appeal as having credibility and trustworthiness | 2 | |
7221804592 | Rhetorical Question | A question that you don't expect to be answered in order to provoke thought | 3 | |
7221805096 | Parallelism | The repetition of the same word or phrase within a sentence or passage for structure, all ideas equally important | 4 | |
7221806401 | Anecdote | Short personal story | 5 | |
7221814719 | Metaphor | Comparison without using comparison words | 6 | |
7221814720 | Simile | Comparison while using comparison words | 7 | |
7221815234 | Alliteration | Repetition of consonents at the beginning of words | 8 | |
7221815235 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration | 9 | |
7221815601 | Personification | Giving an object human or life like qualities | 10 | |
7221816221 | Allusion | Make reference to a well known person, place, or event | 11 | |
7221862503 | Syntax | The arrangement of sentence structure - speakers may vary the lengths of their sentences | 12 | |
7221866654 | Tone | Author's feelings | 13 | |
7221867563 | Mood | Reader's feelings | 14 | |
7255285037 | Anaphora | repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or sentences | 15 | |
7255285038 | Diction | An author's choice of words, used to convey tone | 16 | |
7255285039 | Imagery | the use of figures of speech to create vivid images that appeal to one of the senses | 17 |
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